Fish lure



Aug. 30, 1932. J. E. BI ROWN Q 1,874,883'

FISH LURE Filed Aug. 19. 1929 .TOHN EMMET'T BROWN.

ATTORNEYS INVENTOR Patented Aug. 1932 UNITED j STATES JOHN mum 330W, ELYBIA, OHIO, ASBIG HOBTO THE 11 TUBING NHPAHY, OI AKRON, 0310. A CORPORATION 01' 0310 PATENT OFFICE nan LUBE Application messing 1:, ma. sum Io. aaassa. v

the oentrifitllgal action, or by its contact with This invention relates to fish lures of the tyg e employing revolving spoons or spmners.

he invention more particularly relates to the method of mounting revolving spoons on shafts or the like used in the constructlon of fish lures.

An ob 'ect of the invention is to accurately control the direction of rotation of spoons on their supporting wire by construe the loops or 0 'ps on which the spoon is earned in the distinctive manner shown and described.- A further object is to provide a double spoon on a wire shaft wherein the spoons revolve in opposite directions by combining- 1 the elements to set up rotation in opposite directions.

It'is tobe understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiment described below and shown in the accompanying drawing.

Of the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spoon embodying the invention showing it attached to a lure;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a double spoon;

Figure 3 is a view on line 33 of Figure 2; a

Figure 4 isa view online 44 of Figure 2; Figure 5 is a side elevation of a single s oon embodying a slightly modified form of t e invention; and

, Figure 6 is a view on line 6-6 of Figure 5. A spring wire shaft or leader 10 having an eye 10!, a snap loop 10? and a raised knob 10' is adapted to carry helically formed rotatable cl1ps or loops 11 and 11 which in turn carry spoons 12 and 12 Beads 13 are provided to take the end thrust and reduce the turning friction of the loops as is common in the art.

The invention lies primarily in the form of the loops 11 and in the attachment of the spoons thereto. The loops in Figures 1 to 4 are formed in helical or spiral shape from sheet material, the ends of the loop being journaled as shown on the wire 10. The helical form of the loops is such that the outer portion of the loop is at-an angle of 45 or greater with the wire. This means that as the spoon isthrown outwardly of the shaft by from the the water, cock against the outer portion of the loop or clip and as that portion of the cli is at an angle to the shaft, a tendency will set up for the spoon to rotate in one direction. The

spoon, being held at this angle will be caused "torotate' in the desired direction, depending ufion the direction in which the loop is spir a ed. As will be seen from Figures 2, 3, and 4 the reasons given, the spoons are caused to revolve in op osite directions.

As shown y Figure 5, the invention be employedon single spoons to equal advanta This figure also shows at 14 a modifield cm of the loop. This loop is not made from flat metal but from solid wire bent in helical form. The wire holds the spoon in the same position as the flat loop.

conjunction with a lure, hook or the hke 15.

The snap loop 10' assists in interchanging the diflerent lures.

It will be a parent that the invention is ca able of app ication in other than the ci 0 form shown and described herein. ccordingly, various modifications of the invention can be resorted to without departing irit of the invention and the scope of the suboined claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a shaft, a helical loop journaled at its ends on said shaft, and a spoon carried by said loop.

0 body ofthespoon willtilt or 2. In combination, a wire formed with a I snap loop at one end'and an eye at the other, a helical loop having its ends in alignment and journaled at its ends on said wire, said helical loop being formed of fiat metal, and a spoon carried by the helical-loop, said loop positioning the spoon and governing the rotation-thereof.

- 3.- Ih a fish lure, a shaft, a-plain n and means for supporting the spoon on e shaft, said means operating to position the spoon to. cause the s oon to turn in determinate direc- 5 tion latera 1y when the spoon unit is drawn throu h the water.

4. n a fish spoon unit, a leader wire, a pair of identical s oons and means'for rotatablysupportin t e spoons on the wire, said I means causing t e spoons to rotate in opposite directions.

5.In a fish spoon unit, ajlea der'wire, a pair of spoons and means comprising 0 posite handed helical loops 'ournaled at t eir ends on the wire forrotata ly supporting the spoons on the wire, said means positioning said s oons to cause the spoons to rotate in opposite directions.

6. In combination a shaft, a pair ofspoons thereon and means for causing the spoons to rotate in opposite directions when the unitis drawn through the water, said means comprising clips having spiral surfaces thereon the spiral surface of one clip being reversed with relation to the spiral surface of the other clip the spoons ing located at the. said spiral surfaces and caused thereby to as-' sume op osite angular positions with relation to the shaft.

3 7. In combination, a shaft, a rotatable clip thereon, and a spoon loosely supported by the clip, the contour of the clip determinin the angular position of the spoon and the neotion of its rotation about the shaft.

JOHN EMllETT BROWN. 

